THOMAS IN THE NEWS

The government agency in charge of payouts for victims of institutional abuse has been criticised for paying more in legal fees than compensation.

Canberra’s persistently higher petrol prices are set to face another parliamentary inquiry, seven years after an earlier investigation examined why motorists were paying more than drivers across the border.

The Narrabundah community is calling on the ACT Government to upgrade a neglected basketball court that has served the community for over 40 years.

Canberra parents will be able to check substantiated safety breaches and enforcement action taken against childcare centres under a new public register being developed by the ACT Government.

A community push to renovate 20 vacant public housing properties by Christmas has won the backing of the ACT Legislative Assembly, after members agreed to government safeguards but rejected an attempt to water down...

The ACT currently bans donations from property developers and foreign entities, but it could soon join NSW as one of the only jurisdictions that bans donations from the gambling industry.

The future of Yarralumla Primary School’s bilingual program is at a crossroads, as the Education Directorate conducts a review of the inner south school.

Eastlake Football Club (the Eastlake Demons) turns 100 this year, and is a step closer to returning first-grade football to its spiritual home at Kingston Oval.

Sean Harrison says his family, finances and future prospects have been destroyed because of the way ACT Corrective Services, police, and the public prosecutor's office handled a complaint against him. 

The fees for developers to close Canberra’s footpaths during construction are under fire as advocates warn the cheap rates won’t make a difference to accessibility.

Independent Thomas Emerson has called on the ACT to cut the multimillion-dollar cost of its own incompetence and make fixes so fewer Canberrans need to sue the territory government. Mr Emerson has fired back...

ACT's top cop has said police "should have done better" in caring for an Aboriginal boy's wellbeing after he was misidentified and arrested at gunpoint on a Canberra bus.

At one point, Basketball ACT's 15-year push for funding seemed so futile they considered selling the land next to their Belconnen stadium.

Thomas Emerson MLA  speaking with former MLA Nicole Lawder about vacant public housing properties in the ACT. 

Sixty-nine ACT public sector misconduct investigations have been halted over the past five years after the staff involved left the service, according to figures obtained by independent MLA for Kurrajong Thomas Emerson through Budget...

A Canberra campaign offering to renovate 20 vacant public housing properties for free needs access to the homes within four weeks if it is to get homeless people housed by Christmas, the organiser, real...

Canberra sport has faced a lot of problems of late, but a new report may hold the keys to resolving them.

The board chair of the Canberra Institute of Technology Tom Rogers says Margot McNeill received about $445,000 upon her resignation yesterday after months of controversy.

‘They’re as thick as thieves.’ That lovely 19th-century London expression has moved through time to simply mean people who are exceedingly close – those who would pretty much do anything for each other. But...

Canberra real estate agent Jonny Warren remembers all too well what it's like to be homeless.